http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28872

-- dims

On Mon, 10 May 2004 19:52:19 +1000, Berin Lautenbach
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Yah.  I wanted to have another look tonight (just got to my computer)
> and come back formally on that on the list.
> 
> (Mind you - we really should look at integrating 23 into the unit tests.)
> 
> Cheers,
>         Berin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Davanum Srinivas wrote:
> > ok. So, Raul needs to know that we need to pass 16 for us to accept
> > the patch. right?
> >
> > -- dims
> >
> > On Mon, 10 May 2004 18:01:22 +1000 (EST), Berin Lautenbach
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>Dims,
> >>
> >>Yup, but (my understanding) merlin16 is deprecated, but not incorrect.
> >>The later tests are more stringent, but we still should be able to
> >>validate 16 (notwithstanding cert validity and access to pothole.com,
> >>which no longer exists).
> >>
> >>I.e. - if we are failing validation of 16 in unit tests, then we have a
> >>problem.  Moving to the later tests is a separate issue.
> >>
> >>From Raul's perspective, 16 is one of *the* tests in our unit testing that
> >>very strongly exercises the various requirements of XMLDSIG.  It's one of
> >>the few tests I have found that really tests some of the more arcane
> >>aspects of the standard.  It is very possible (as we see here :>) for 16
> >>to fail, but everything else (in our database) to come up fine.  So I
> >>always treat 16 as my litmus test.  If I can pass that, then I'm fairly
> >>happy.  If I can't, then I need to do some more work :>.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>     Berin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Looks like merlin-xmldsig-sixteen has been deprecrated....and we are
> >>>WAY behind the times, we need to update to latest interop tests
> >>>
> >>>-
> >>>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-ietf-xmldsig/2002AprJun/att-0016/01-merlin-xmldsig-twenty-three.tar.gz>
> >>> -
> >>>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-ietf-xmldsig/2003JulSep/att-0018/phaos-xmldsig-three.zip>
> >>>details are at:
> >>>http://www.w3.org/Signature/2001/04/05-xmldsig-interop.html
> >>>
> >>>thanks,
> >>>dims
> >>>
> >>>On Sun, 09 May 2004 21:12:51 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>    My patch don't handle well this test case. It seems that it take
> >>>>    on
> >>>>account that the signed info is going to be c14n, reparsed &
> >>>>reimported. But this is not alway the case. The SignedInfo is not c14n
> >>>>and
> >>>>reimported if the c14n method is "safe". As stated in the second
> >>>>paragraph of this mail
> >>>>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-ietf-xmldsig/2001OctDec/0054.html.
> >>>>And also in the REC
> >>>>http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/#sec-CanonicalizationMethod-NOTE, it
> >>>>saids clearly that the above behavior is not always but only for
> >>>>arbitrary c14n methods.
> >>>>
> >>>>   What do you think is the good behavior? For me it is weird to have
> >>>>   a
> >>>>test case that relays in this kind of unstandard behavior. And the
> >>>>parse and imports is a very wasteful process that need to be only done
> >>>>with insecure c14n. But if you think that the test is correct I can
> >>>>correct my patch and send it back again.
> >>>>
> >>>>Regards

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